The Education Department is offering a buyout of up to $25,000 to most of its employees, according to a department-wide email obtained by POLITICO.

Employees have until Monday at 11:59 p.m. to make a decision, Jacqueline Clay, a chief human capital officer, wrote in an email sent on Friday afternoon.

"This is a one time offer in advance of a very significant Reduction in Force for the U.S. Department of Education," Clay wrote.